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Machinery Lubrication May-June 2019

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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28 | May - June 2019 | www . machinerylubrication.com THE TOP 10 ATTENDED LEARNING SESSIONS AT RELIABLE PLANT 2019 WERE: 1. Practical Steps to Optimizing Your Preventive Maintenance Program — Nathan Wright, IDCON 2. Exploring the Future of Maintenance — Jeremy Wright, Advanced Technology Services 3. Hands-on Workshop: How to Take Oil Samples from Multiple Locations — Bennett Fitch, Noria Corporation 4. A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Planner — Doc Palmer, Richard Palmer & Associates 5. Hands-on Workshop: How to Use the Patch Test to Assess Machine Health — Wes Cash, Noria Corporation 6. Hands-on Workshop: Ultrasonic Bearing Regreasing Principles and Practices — Bennett Fitch, Noria Corporation 7. Strategies for Digital Asset Management — James Kovacevic, Eruditio 8. Maintenance Metrics and KPIs: Drive Behavior by Measuring What You Treasure — Jeff Shiver, People and Processes 9. Finding True North with Your Maintenance Scheduling — Jeff Shiver, People and Processes 10. Case Study: How to Develop and Manage Your Plant's Maintenance Strategy — Gilberto Ledezma, Corpus Christi Polymers With a focus on education, Reliable Plant offers attendees the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills through unique learning sessions. For 2019, attendees chose from nearly 90 learning sessions on topics ranging from vibration analysis and infrared thermography to condition monitoring and oil analysis. "Eighty percent of my time was in the sessions, and you had some good speakers," said Staats. "I learned something from each of them. I come to these conferences to make sure I'm not missing out and to get new ideas for our company." Reliable Plant also offered attendees the unique opportunity to participate in one of four certifi cate programs. Conducted by industry experts, the certifi cate programs are specialized learning paths that consisted of a half-day pre-conference workshop, followed by four required learning sessions during the remainder of conference. For 2019, the certifi cate programs were Maintenance Management (sponsored by IDCON), Condition Monitoring (sponsored by Allied Reliability), Planning and Scheduling (sponsored by People and Processes) and Plant Maintenance Digitalization (sponsored by Mobideo). Main was also a participant in the Planning and Scheduling Certifi cate Program. "(Instructor) Jeff Shiver is absolutely amazing. He has so much knowledge and is someone I'd want to learn maintenance and scheduling from," she said. As the fi nal full day of Reliable Plant, Wednesday saw attendees taking every advantage to not only expand their skills but also exchange knowledge with industry professionals. "I really enjoy the experience of Reliable Plant because it gives me an opportunity to see what everyone else is doing," said alumnus Lee Weaver, maintenance management at Roseburg Forest Products Co. "I love the sessions to share knowledge, network and talk with other people. I use this also as an opportunity to bring my employees to drive that culture shift, to see what's happening out there and to see what everyone else is doing." Echoing his thoughts was Jeremy Wright, director of product management for ATS. "This year has been an excellent year for me," Wright said. "I got to complete a lot of my objectives, which were everything from learning to meeting new people to meeting old friends, catching up with them, and seeing new technologies. As a company, ATS is moving more into the digital age, and we wanted to learn more about remote monitoring and remote sensing. We wanted to meet some of the guys here carrying these products, how they are managing these technologies and getting an overall feel for that space and how it's progressing." "There's always new knowledge and new technology here that we pick up and use back in our plant," said alumnus Joe Sharp, predictive maintenance tech for International Paper. Conference Review

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